What Happens When an AI Knows How You Feel?
Technology used to only deliver our messages. Now it wants to write them for us by understanding our emotions.
By Will Coldwell
Substack Is Now a Playground for the Deplatformed
The company’s CEO says the old way of social media is broken—but is his alternative much different?
By Chris Stokel-Walker
How To Fix Email … With Science!
Email isn’t broken—it’s the people who are the problem. But if you start treating it like old-fashioned snail mail, suddenly it makes sense again.
By Nicole Kobie
Cloudflare Is Taking a Shot at Email Security
The internet infrastructure company wants to protect your inbox from targeted threats, starting with the launch of two new tools.
By Lily Hay Newman
Here’s Where to Get Discounts With a Student Email Address
That .edu email is your ticket to exclusive savings on laptops, streaming services, software, and more.
By Louryn Strampe
Score Some Sweet Deals With Your Student Email
All you need is that .edu email address to save cash on everything from laptops to train tickets.
By Louryn Strampe
You're Probably Not Using the Web's Best Browser
With endless new customization options, like new email clients and a feed reader, Vivaldi 4.0 just got better.
By Scott Gilbertson
How to Schedule Emails and Texts to Send Anytime You Want
Your messages don’t have to go out right away. Be strategic about when your recipient gets them.
By David Nield
How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You
Your emails know more about you than you might think, like when you open them or when you forward them to others. But you can reclaim your privacy.
By David Nield
The Best Gmail Settings You Might Not Have Used Yet
Almost all of us have an account. Most of us use it every day. But if you peel back the curtain a little, you'll find some powerful tools buried underneath.
By Eric Ravenscraft
Email and Slack Have Locked Us in a Productivity Paradox
From PCs to smartphones, office tech has always promised to make us more productive. But time and again, it's come with unexpected side effects.
By Cal Newport
Help! Everyone Is Judging My Messy Bedroom
Welcome to Megan’s weekly advice column for surviving our work-from-home existence.
By Megan Greenwell
How to Avoid Phishing Emails and Scams
It's a bigger threat than ever, but don’t worry. There are plenty of ways to defend yourself.
By Lily Hay Newman
How to Back Up Your Most Important Emails
Google, Microsoft, or Apple may deliver and store your emails, but the most valuable ones deserve a second home, just in case.
By David Nield
Beware a New Google Drive Scam Landing in Inboxes
Scammers are luring people into Google Docs in an attempt to get them to visit potentially malicious websites.
By James Temperton
How to Set Your Own Default Browser and Email App in iOS 14
Not into Safari or Apple Mail? With the next update, you can (finally) customize your preferences. Here’s what to know before you get started.
By Whitson Gordon
Tired of Gmail? Try a Privacy-First Email Provider
Your inbox holds plenty of sensitive information. Here are some alternatives that put your correspondence under lock and key.
By Matt Burgess
Old Email Flaws Could Let Attackers Mask Their Identities
Researchers found 18 exploits that take advantage of inconsistencies in the email plumbing most people never think about.
By Lily Hay Newman
DoNotPay Unsubscribes You From Spam—and Tries to Get You Paid
There's finally a way to get off of email lists with your privacy intact.
By Lily Hay Newman
Looks Like Russian Hackers Are on an Email Scam Spree
A group dubbed Cosmic Lynx uses surprisingly sophisticated methods—and targets big game.
By Lily Hay Newman
How Thousands of Misplaced Emails Took Over One Man's Inbox
Kenton Varda gets dozens of messages a day from Spanish-speakers around the world, all thanks to a Gmail address he registered 16 years ago.
By Lily Hay Newman
Why Slack’s CEO Doesn’t Want to ‘Kill Email’
The company’s new Slack Connect feature will let up to 20 organizations share “channels” between them—but don't say goodbye to your inbox just yet.
By Arielle Pardes
Apple Threatens to Move Basecamp's New Email App to Trash
Scrutiny of Apple’s App Store policies heats up as the company heads into its annual software conference.
By Lauren Goode
The Nigerian Fraudsters Ripping Off the Unemployment System
Security researchers have spotted the “Scattered Canary” group scamming vital benefits programs amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
By Lily Hay Newman